Category: Appetizers

Using fresh ingredients will offer the best flavor and nutrition for your salsa.

Cinco de Mayo is around the corner and requires a Smoky Roasted Poblano, Tomatillo and Tomato Salsa that is delicious. Since I love Mexican food whipping up a salsa would be easy. Using fresh ingredients and the flavors that I love in Mexican food are easy to combine until you reach just the right amount of spicy heat and flavor magic. Continue reading “Smoky Roasted Poblano, Tomatillo and Tomato Salsa”

Spicy Gulf Shrimp Gravy, Andouille Sausage and Grits recipe is a delicious entrée to serve your love. Also perfect to pair with a chilled white wine on a hot day. In addition, gravy recipe works well to make ahead for serving later. Delicious dish to serve for a dinner party or family meal. Easy way to make your Gulf shrimp disappear. Continue reading “Spicy Gulf Shrimp Gravy, Andouille Sausage and Grits Recipe”

Foodie Appetizer Sweet yet Savory recipe grabs my foodie palate. Of course, I love foods that include sweet and savory combination in the same dish. Surely I am not the only person on the planet who loves this combination. If you are not familiar with this combination, please be adventurous and take a new path with food. Try new flavor combinations, you may enjoy as much as I do. Continue reading “Foodie Appetizer Sweet yet Savory”

Quick appetizer plus craft beer, now! I need it. Do you find yourself in this situation now and then? Most of us live in a world where we are very busy. We rush to and from work and struggle to squeeze in errands then chores. Then if we have little ones that we are transporting to and fro, it becomes harder still. And all that is before we have time for play? There are days when a quick appetizer plus a craft beer can save the day. Continue reading “Quick Appetizer Plus Craft Beer- Now!”

Fresh Gulf shrimp make amazing shrimp recipes. Shrimp is a great start to a delicious appetizer recipe or meal. I am fortunate to live near the Gulf Coast and fresh seafood is a special treat. The shrimp, crabs, craw-fish, oysters and the wide range of fish is a bonus when cooking and developing recipes. Continue reading “Shrimp Recipe and Rich Sauce”

Glazed garlic salmon prepared as an entrée or appetizer is a treat . Any wild caught fish is delicious when served as fresh as possible. If you live on or near a coast, enjoy often the luxury of buying fresh caught fish. It is a superb and should not only be enjoyed in restaurants. Continue reading “Glazed Garlic Salmon”

If you are in love with crawfish as am I, then your fully aware that crawfish is in season. If you live in an area that sells raw or prepared crawfish you are fortunate. If your area does not offer fresh crawfish, come visit down South. Continue reading “Crawfish Boil Cajun Style”

As an independent woman I must confess football and I have had our issues. They are not big issues mind you but they exist. I don’t understand the rules and game exactly but I get the overall gist. Continue reading “Appetizers for your Game Day”

Breakfast Egg and Cheese Slice or is it Pizza? Well that is a good question. I have wanted to create a breakfast pizza for some time. My goal was to use all the features that I like of a traditional pizza such as: